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отка́т — meaning in English

otkat

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English meaning

  • kickback noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.
  • recoil verb To jerk or pull back suddenly, especially from fear, disgust, or shock.

Senses

отка́т is used for these senses in English:

  • kickback (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
  • recoil (firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
  • rollback A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
  • rollback (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).

kickback — full definition

  1. noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.
  2. noun A sudden, forceful backward jerk of a tool or machine, such as a saw blade catching and snapping back toward the operator.

recoil — full definition

  1. verb To jerk or pull back suddenly, especially from fear, disgust, or shock.
  2. noun The backward kick of a gun when it is fired.
  3. noun A sudden backward movement or a shrinking away.

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